PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stephen Dyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaska Juntta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jaska Juntta has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Dyer
vs
Juntta

195 cm
21
290 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

188 cm
21
250 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Stephen Dyer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jaska Juntta!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Juntta misses with a takedown attempt
and Dyer counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Juntta slips a jab from Dyer.
Horrible takedown by Juntta or perhaps it was just good defense by Dyer which made him look bad.
Dyer scores with a body shot.
Juntta throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Dyer's waist but Dyer gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Juntta off to one side.
Stephen Dyer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jaska Juntta.
Juntta tries for a takedown but Dyer circles away easily
and Dyer counters with a nice body shot.
Juntta looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Juntta fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Dyer falls off balance throwing a combination

and Juntta counters with a shoot takedown. Dyer fights it but they end up in guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Dyer wants to stand and escape but Juntta is having none of it.
Juntta is looking to work some ground and pound but Dyer has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Juntta drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Juntta jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Dyer on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dyer tries to get out of the position.
Juntta chips away with some ground and pound.
Dyer has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Juntta postures up and lands a big shot to Dyer's brow.
Juntta lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Juntta working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dyer keeping moving, preventing Juntta from controlling successfully.
Juntta chips away with some ground and pound.
Juntta wants to pass the guard but Dyer is keeping the position.
Juntta won't allow Dyer to sweep him here.
Juntta chips away with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dyer looking to control.
Juntta wants to control from the top but Dyer keeps moving.
Juntta working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dyer's head.

Juntta thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Dyer looking to control.
Juntta preventing the sweep.
Juntta wants to control from the top but Dyer keeps moving.
Juntta postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Juntta slips nicely into half guard.
Juntta trying to control the action but Dyer is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dyer avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Juntta.
Juntta has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Juntta working the head and body with strikes.
Juntta not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Dyer is looking for a sweep. Juntta is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Juntta working over Dyer with some ground and pound. Dyer looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Juntta lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Juntta sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Dyer defending well though.
Juntta is trying to control. Dyer wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Juntta working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Juntta missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Juntta not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Juntta passes the guard and advances to mount!
Juntta landing strikes from the mount and Dyer is in trouble!

It looks like Stephen Dyer has been cut.
Dyer knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Juntta on the ground.
Juntta tries to control but Dyer wriggling away.
Juntta loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Dyer scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Juntta land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Juntta stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jaska Juntta!